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2-Minute Neuroscience: Brain Aneurysms
Estimates are that brain aneurysms occur in around 2-5% of the population
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Bell’s palsy is the most common reason for facial nerve paralysis, but its cause is unclear
Know Your Brain: Spinothalamic Tract
RT @MAG2ART: This cell kind of looks like a person
Know Your Brain: Olivary Nuclei
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Most of what we “know” about Phineas Gage was written after he died. The real story says more about how people recover from brain injuries.
Glial Cells
For much of the history of neuroscience, glial cells were treated like…